Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Disability / Sex / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

Status Year Ethnicity Disability Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female AA 45 35 27650 26620
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female AO 675 560 28440 27840
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female EO 1120 975 34180 32140
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female G6 75 75 80650 80020
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female G7 240 235 64700 63850
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female HEO 465 440 40790 39910
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female SCS level 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female SEO 340 325 48580 48030
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Female Unknown 170 155 33780 31650
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male AA 40 35 30040 30660
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male AO 460 425 29050 27840
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male EO 825 790 34200 32140
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male G6 50 45 80250 79730
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male G7 200 200 64120 63170
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male HEO 385 375 40790 39560
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male SCS level 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male SEO 255 250 49510 48970
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Male Unknown 60 55 33160 31650
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Unknown AA [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Declared disabled Unknown AO [c] [c] [c] [c]
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2026-07-16

Data column Description
Status Employment status of the civil servants.
In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Figures on sex presented here are based on management information provided by departments, which records the ‘legal sex’ of civil servants. ‘Legal sex’ does not align with ‘sex’ as defined by The Equality Act 2010.
The Serious Fraud Office have not reported any data for profession, function, ethnicity, disabilty and sexual orientation due to alignment concerns with these fields with external reporting criteria. The Serious Fraud Office is currently undertaking work to ensure a robust dataset is reported for the 2027 ACSES return.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
The Serious Fraud Office have not reported any data for profession, function, ethnicity, disabilty and sexual orientation due to alignment concerns with these fields with external reporting criteria. The Serious Fraud Office is currently undertaking work to ensure a robust dataset is reported for the 2027 ACSES return.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
The Serious Fraud Office have not reported any data for profession, function, ethnicity, disabilty and sexual orientation due to alignment concerns with these fields with external reporting criteria. The Serious Fraud Office is currently undertaking work to ensure a robust dataset is reported for the 2027 ACSES return.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
Mean_salary Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
Median_salary Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).